I do not own Inu-Yasha or any of the characters. I will try to post chapters faster and excuse my grammar. Why blind Kagura? Sight is the gift that most people take for granted when a person cannot see they are forced to depend on other to help and protect them. Sorry for the long wait in-between chapters this was a hard one to write. This is my seventeenth attempt at this chapter. I had a killer case of writers block and extra problems at school and work were not a big help. I am sorry again for the long wait in between chapters.

Sesshomaru patted her on the back as she cried he silently made a promise that he will protect Kagura no matter what the cost. As he suddenly felt, the Tenseiga vibrate and start to grow warmer. Sesshomaru slowly reached for the necklace around her neck as a bolt of energy leapt from the necklace to his hands shocking his hand his finger went numb as they collided with a barrier spell. He whispered slowly "Kagura I can't remove the necklace. We have to go through this cave to get Toto-sai to remove it."

"Sesshomaru leave me here and go through the cave." Kagura replied as she continued to cry.

Kagura slow felt Sesshomaru release her from his embrace. In her mind, she knew they rules of the demon world. Demons associate with others demons for their usefulness even though Sesshomaru was defeated he is still quite powerful and therefore useful. To Sesshomaru she was companion and a blind companion would be hindrance as it pained her to admit. As one unique truth came to her mind, she would have taken care of Sesshomaru even if he was weakling. Because she had come to care for him as more than a companion.

"Kagura I won't leave you." Sesshomaru replied as he gently wiped the tears from her eyes.

"But the?" was all Kagura could say before Sesshomaru interrupted her.

"I want you near me? On the feather here, you said we see this through to the end. That means you and me together." Sesshomaru replied.

"Thank you and why do you want me near you?" Kagura asked as she hate being unable to see his facial expressions although it was not a major loss true he was attractive. Nevertheless, Sesshomaru's face only showed three expressions one was his normal cold stare, two was enraged were he tapped into his feral demon side, three was his calm peaceful face he possessed when he was slept.

Sesshomaru sighed as she picked on the one part of the statement he did not want to have to explain. "Its getting late we have to start moving before Toto-sai loses interest in waiting and decides to move on."

Kagura suppressed a smile at his futile attempt to change the subject but she would allow it for now after all they had three days to talk if she heard Toto-sai correctly.

Sesshomaru felt slight relief as she let the issue drop for now but in the last, few days he had come into an understanding before this trip was over Kagura would push the issue again. However, since she did not do it now it gave him an extra moment to examine Kagura's manacles. "Wait there is one other thing." Sesshomaru slowly reached down as he felt the bolts of energy striking and burning his fingers he continued to push his hand through until he was able to grab hold of the manacles. As the pain in his fingers refused to subside, he let out a hushed growl.

Kagura could not see Sesshomaru's actions but she could feel his hand on the manacles and notice the subtle scent of burned flesh that was growing increasing stronger.

Sesshomaru claws hand snapped her right manacle and then he repeated the process with the left.

"How did you do that the charms?" Kagura asked.

"The charms on the manacles were different than the one on the necklace." Sesshomaru replied quickly as the fear of her asking him to explain why he wanted her near him subsided. But, he did want her near him and the sad part is he did not know the answer to why. As he slowly scooped Kagura up onto his back, he allowed his tail to wrap around her waist and secure her. Sesshomaru slowly walked towards caves entrance. He gently wiped the dust off the marker. "Kagura do you know anything about the Kingdom of the Roots?"

Kagura though before she replied it "It goes back to the era of the eternal green and legend of the Devours Well. Why do you ask?"

"Eternal Green and the Devours Well? Just curious" Sesshomaru echoed as walked into the cave he glanced at the runes on the sign again that read Kingdom of the Roots as he continued into the cave as Kagura necklace started glow illuminating the darkness.

To Be Continued